Scott Kraft

Scott Kraft has been a managing editor at the Los Angeles Times since October 1984. Scott oversees national news coverage for the LA Times, including a Washington bureau of 35 reporters and 8 editors; correspondents in 12 cities, and an editing desk in Los Angeles. Scott also manages the budget and hiring for that group. National writers have won 4 Pulitzer Prizes during their tenure.

Before joining the Los Angeles Times, Scott Kraft was a national writer for the Associated Press from September 1980 to October 1984. Scott was based in New York and was a member of AP's national writing team.

Scott Kraft has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Economics from Kansas State University.

Scott Kraft reports to Patrick Soon - Shiong, Executive Chairman. They are on a team with Hector Becerra - Deputy Managing Editor, California and Metro, Ghalib Kassam - Chief Information Officer, and B.J. Terhune - Assistant Managing Editor for News.